Good news for fans of Chinese animations(动漫)! The year 2021 will bring plenty of works. According to news website TMT, 188 Chinese animated series will come out this year on Tencent Video, iQiyi, Youku and Bilibil. Among them are new seasons of older shows, including the fourth season of Douluo Dalu and the second season of Shaonian Gexing.
Nearly half of the new works are in guofeng(国风) style, or "traditional Chinese style". The stories are mostly based on Chinese legends(传说) or literature. For example, The Westward comes from Journey t0 the West. The Legend of Qin VII follows the Qin Dynasty from when the Emperor of the Kingdom of Qin, Ying Zheng to the rise of the king of Western Chu, Xiang Yu.
Other animations are different. Modao Zushi is one of them. It's based on fiction, but the animation has many elements of traditional Chinese culture. For example, it brings the traditional Chinese water-ink paintings and guofeng music together.
"As our society gets wealthier, it's natural that Chinese people take greater pride and confidence in their own cultural," Mou Aili, associate professor at the School of Animation with Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, told China Daily. This is why these guofeng animations are rising in China.
